Combined angle-cock and pipe-clamp.



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BatentedJune 6, 1911.

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W. MILLER. COMBINED ANGLE COCK AND PIPE CLAMP. A P PLIOATION FILED mum.1911.

Patented June 6,1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT basics.-

"-WIL I.IAM,MI LER, or oHIcAeo, Narrators.

GOMBIFTED ANGLE-COCK AND PIPE-CLAMP.

To on whom it may concern:

'. Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILLER,.3.

citizen of. the United States, residing at Clncago, 1n the county ofCook and State of Ilhnois, have invented new and useful Imrovements inCombined Angle-Cocks and ipe-Clamps, of which. the following is aspecification.

The objects of this 'invention are to prov dea device of simple.construction for clamping and holding both the train pipe and theangle'cock of a railway car, to reinforce the end portion of the pipe,and to prevent loss of the cock and the hose connected therewith inevent the pipe isbroken. And a further object of the invent-ionis toprovide a clamp device, which can be readily released-withoutdisconnecting the device from the car to facilitate the removal of thetion of the clamp device. without the pipe or cock, showing amodification. Fig. i is an the clamp, cock and pipe.

end sill which is shown in section.

enlarged sectional view showing parts of Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofthe invention appliedto a metal Fig. 6 is a front elevation of theinvention applied to a, metal-end sill and omitting the train pipe andcock.

Referring to the drawings, 7 is a wood end sill, 8 is a metal end silland 9 is a train pipe of a railway car. The' angle cock 10- may be ofany desired construction and it is preferably provided with ahexagonalhead 11 which is interiorly threaded to engage the threaded endof the train pipe (Fig. 4:).

The clamp device comprises two members 12 'and 13, the former having abracket comprising a'horizontal projection 14 extending the lag screws15 for fastening the clamp" in the direction of the'train pipe toreceive device to a wood sill (Fig. 1), or lateral rojections 16toreceive the bolt-s17 for astening the clamp device to the metal end sill(Figs; 5 and 6).. I

The clamp device comprises a sleeve 18,

one half of which is integral with each of the clamp members, to enga eand reinforce and strengthen the end portlon of the tram pipe] The twomembers of the clamp device are provided with oppositely dlsposedSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented June 6, 1911. I Applicationfiled March 6, 1911. Serial No. 612,544. l

forwardly extending projections 19 which are shaped on their inneropposing faces to engage opposite angles on the hexagonal head of theclamp, and each of these forward projections is provided with aninwardly directed .fian e 20 to overlap the front of said head. Theprojections 19 are strengthened by'ribs 21 at the top and bottom andbycentrally disposed webs 22'which.

extend back and over the sleeve sections18.

The members 12 and 13 ofthe clamp device are made as separate parts andthe member 13 is provided at its lower end with abook 23 adapted toengage a socket 24C in the lower endof the'member 12, the upper end ofthe member 13 being fastened 'to-the member 12 by a bolt 25. lVhen thisbolt is removed the member 13 may be swung downward, as

"shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, to permitthe removal of the cock forrepair or other purposes.

My. invention provides a clamp for scour ing the lossof the cock and thehose con- I nected therewith. The clamp is constructed to reinforce andstrengthen the end of the pipe so as to reduce the liability of breakageto a minimum. The two parts of the clamp are fastened together by asingle bolt except in the construction shown in Fig. 3 in which thelower ends of the clamp members are fastened together by a bolt 26instead of the hookand socket construction shown in the other figures.preferred because of its'simplicity and also because-it permits theclamp to be opened for the removal of the cock without wholly The onebolt construction is disconnecting the two members of theclamp. I v

The projections l9'constitute jaws which are shaped to fit angles of'thehexagonal head of the cock to prevent it from turning onthe pipe whenthe clamp is'locked, and

the flanges onthe jaws prevent the cock? from becoming disconnected fromthe clamp in event the pipe is broken. 1 l

VVha't I claim and desire to" secure by Letters Patent is:' I I j 1. Thecombination of a' tram pipe and an angle cock engaged with said pipe andhaving an angular head, of a clamp com-' rising two members and meansfor fastenmg the members together, each of saidmemhead,

2. The combination of a train pipe and an angle cock engaged With saidpipe and having an angular head,'of a clamp comprising two members, eachhaving a section of a sleeve to engage and hold the pipe and a jaw toengage .and hold said head against rotation, one of said members havinga hook at its lower end to engage a socket in the lower end of the othermember and one ,of said members having a bracket for engagement With theend sill 15 of a car,"and means above the sleeve for fastening themembers together.

I WM. MILLER.

Vitnesses W'M. O. BELT, M. A. KIDDIE.

